BUTLER, Pa.,None — A condemned home in Butler is infested with cats, and the odor and filth has neighbors looking for help.
Autumn Foley lives next door to the home on Virginia Avenue. She said when the house was condemned, the people living there didn't take their cats with them.
"It's a God awful smell. It's the stench of death in the air from all of them dead cats in there. It's just terrible," said Foley. "Somebody walked in there and they said from the front door when you open it, to back in the hallway, just on that first floor there were 24 dead cats or kittens. I believe they are kittens."
Channel 11 News reporter Vince Sims went to the home and said he saw several cats in the homes windows and wandering around the yard. He also said he saw what appeared to be a decaying cat carcass on an outside chair.
Neighbors said they are fed up and want something done about the conditions.
"It's ridiculous. I've called the city, police, humane society and they've all told me there is nothing they can do about cats," said neighbor Christina Estroso. "I feel bad for the cats. It's not their fault. But the people who left all the cats to die in the stench and to starve should be prosecuted."
The Butler County Humane Society said they do not have a contract with the city of Butler for animal control so there is nothing they can do.
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